Ireland has managed active campaigns in only three out of the 10 Olympic Sailing disciplines since Rio
The return of a women’s skiff team marks a step-up in the performance programme that hasn’t had a team in this event since the Rio 2016 Olympics when Andrea Brewster and Saskia Tidey raced under Irish colours.
Although the championship wins will certainly be coveted as indicators of form — this year — there is a bigger agenda at play in the waters off the Port of Scheveningen. For both skiff events, the top 10 boats by nation will earn their countries the right to nominate a team for the games.While McIllwaine and Cunnane could never be expected to contend for an Olympic berth at such an early stage, the stakes are higher in the men’s event where Dickson and Waddilove, as Olympic veterans, could yet see pressure from the second Irish boat in their event.
Meanwhile, the skiff sailors are the only ones with good local knowledge over the coming week. In the ILCA6 women’s event, Eve McMahon celebrated winning gold at The Hague just over a year ago, the first of a hat-trick of world titles won at youth level.
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